About SIL

The Secular Individualism List (SIL) is a closed forum for members of the secular individualist community who are acquaintances of the list owner, Vincent Cook. We discuss topics of mutual interest, and some of these topics might even have intellectual merit.

List Guidelines

Message Content

SIL is unmoderated, which means that the list owner does not exercise any prior restraint over the content of posts. At this time, I am not imposing any rules on message content. However, I do reserve the right at my own discretion to admonish, suspend posting privileges, or expel list members for whatever reasons I deem appropriate, and I reserve the right to impose content rules if I think there is a need for them.

Message Format

To make this list as accessible and secure as possible for all list members, SIL implements filters that reject messages formatted in ways that might cause problems for other list members. Messages should be in plaintext with a line-width of no more than 80 characters. Do not send html-encoded messages or attachments of any kind to the list.

Use of Messages

All messages transmitted via SIL are intended for the private use of list members only; SIL messages may not be reproduced or redistributed in any manner outside the list without the consent of the original author of the message and the consent of authors of any quoted passages in the message.

SIL How-to

Using SIL

SIL has a web interface for subscribing, unsubscribing, customizing delivery options, and viewing list archives. Please visit http://transpacific.net/mailman/listinfo/sil for details.

Contacting the List Owner

The owner of the list is Vincent Cook. If you are having any problems with the list, write to Vince at .